Truck driver Wesley Holman of Chicago gets a thumbs-up Oct. 27 while passing out snacks outside the entrance gate to the Walmart distribution center in Lewiston. Holman pulled up to the gate at 9 p.m. on Oct. 25 with a load of frozen fish when he saw “100 police cars” responding to the mass shootings in Lewiston. Holman, along with over 60 other drivers, were not allowed to unload until a Walmart official gave the go at 12:05 p.m. Oct. 27. In the meantime, Holman grabbed a box of water and snacks and handed items out to pass the time. “This is my first run out to Maine,” Holman said. “Man, what a run.” Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Lisbon Police Officer Daniel Ouellette walks along defunct railroad tracks Oct. 27 along the Androscoggin River as the Maine State Police Underwater Recovery Team works nearby on the Sabattus River at nearby Miller Park in Lisbon. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

An ATF agent and his canine walk along West Road in Bowdoin on Oct. 26 near the residence of Robert Card. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Journalists from around the U.S. fill the council chambers Oct. 27 during a press conference on the manhunt for suspect Robert Card at Lewiston City Hall. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

A man and woman embrace at the reunification center shortly after midnight on Oct. 26 at Auburn Middle School in Auburn. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Wayne Rucker of Lewiston waits Oct. 27 to hear news from friends at the hospital while parked in downtown Lewiston. Rucker’s friend, Justin Karcher, was shot multiple times Oct. 25 at Schemengees Bar & Grille. Rucker is keeping in touch with family and friends about Karcher’s status. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

A member of Maine’s recovery community paints “Lewiston Strong” on the floor of The Travas Collins House in Lewiston on Oct. 27. Residents of the house, operated by Recovery Connections of Maine, made “Lewiston Strong” banners and the paint leaked through and stained the wooden floor. Residential program manager Michael Connors said he and most residents know victims of the mass shootings. “It’s a small town,” Connors said. “We all know someone.” Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

At 3 Cousins Firearms in Lewiston, less than a mile and a half from Schemengees Bar & Grille where one of the two mass shootings took place, customers were shopping for guns and ammunition on Oct. 27. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

Ward 5 Auburn City Councilor Leroy Walker speaks to the press Oct. 26 in New Auburn about his son, Joseph Walker, who was the manager of Schemengees Bar & Grille, and who was killed on Oct.25 in a mass shooting in Lewiston. “I can tell you that he loved a thousand people and a thousand people loved him back,” Walker said about his son. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

Many events in Lewiston and Auburn had been canceled Oct. 26 and 27 after the fatal mass shooting in Lewiston on Oct.25. Residents in the area have been asked to shelter in place. Roads are unusually quiet, as shown in this photo of Court Street in Auburn on Oct. 26. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

Edward Little High School soccer coach, Max Thompson, far left, reacts Oct.25 as game officials inform coaches and referees that the Class A playoff game between the Red Eddies and Mt. Ararat High School in Topsham would be suspended because of the mass shootings that had just happened in Lewiston. Edward Little and Mt. Ararat played to the end of regulation and were tied when they informed that overtime would be postponed until further notice. Mt. Ararat coach, Jack Rioux, is third from right. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal


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